The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
8:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 947
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 147.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 17.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.15° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.50° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.